Artist
Tommy McCook
Tommy McCook is a reggae artist formed in 1927. 72 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
- 72
- Releases
- 2001–2026
- Active years
- 1927
- Formed
Discography
35
Most popular
Tommy McCook Classics
2018 · 12 tracks
Tommy Mccook Playlist
2014
Tommy Mccook
2013
Sound Box Essentials Platinum Edition
2012
Bunny Striker Lee Presents Tommy McCook Platinum Edition
2012
Caltone Special / People Rocksteady
2011
Blazing Horns / Tenor In Roots
2025
Reggae Instrumentalists: Lester Sterling, Roland Alphonso and Tommy McCook
2022
Horn Roots (Bunny 'Striker' Lee 50th Anniversary Edition)
2019
Big Boss Dubs (Bunny 'Striker' Lee 50th Anniversary Edition)
2018
History of Ska, Rocksteady and Reggae (Live)
2016
Bunny Lee & King Tubby Present Tommy Mccook and the Aggrovators Brass Rockers
2016
Jackie Mittoo and Tommy Mccook the Story
2015
The Best of Tommy McCook & The Skatalites
2015
The Sannic Sounds
2015
Instrumental
2015
Tommy Mccook Instrumentals
2015
Reggae Tommy Mccook
2014
Tommy Mccook Meets King Tubby & The Aggrovators
2014
Tommy Mccook Meets Aggrovators & King Tubby
2014
Tommy McCook - Showing Off
2014
Reggae In Jazz
2013
Dubbing With Horns
2013
Horns Man
2013
50 Greatest Hits Jackie Mittoo and Friends
2013
The Dub Express Vol 9 Platinum Edition
2012
Tribute to Jamaica 50th Independence
2012
Tommy McCook Anthology
2012
Tommy McCook Selected Hits
2011
Sound & Soul / The Case
2011
Duke Of Earl
2011
Legend
2011
Tommy McCook Featuring Bobby Ellis
2007
Tommy McCook's Sweet Home Dub
2006
Tommy's Last Stand
2001
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Singles & EPs
37
Hot Lava
Single · 2011
Reggae Time / Last Flight to Reggae City
Single · 2011
The Big Bass of Dubs
Single · 2011
A Gigantic Dub
Single · 2011
Last Flight to Reggae City
Single · 2011
Mary Poppins
Single · 2011
Do It Baby
Single · 2011
Ama Tubby Uptempo Dub
Single · 2026
Gussie Clarke's - Mouth Of The Wicked
EP · 2025
Bob Barker
Single · 2024
Ska Knibb
Single · 2024
Cool Stick
Single · 2016
Burning Horns
Single · 2011
Skanking Rockers
Single · 2011
A Version I Can Feel
Single · 2011
Hop Skip & Rock
Single · 2011
Caltone Special
Single · 2011
Move Away
Single · 2011
Riding West
Single · 2011
A Loving Melody
Single · 2011
Rocking Jamboree
Single · 2011
The Gorgan of Dubs & Horns
Single · 2011
Militant Salute at Tubbys
Single · 2011
True Believer with Horns
Single · 2011
A Dancing Dub
Single · 2011
Behold Dis Ya Dub of Class
Single · 2011
Rock It Me
Single · 2011
The Duke of Dub
Single · 2011
Caltone Rocksteady
Single · 2011
Mighty Gates of Gaza
Single · 2011
Bongo Man Blong
Single · 2011
Dance with Me
Single · 2011
Easy Move
Single · 2011
African Roots
Single · 2011
Smiling Rockers
Single · 2011
Movement of His Majesty
Single · 2011
Tommy McCook's Mabrouk
EP · 2006
Appears on
4Releases by other artists featuring Tommy McCook.
Featured tracks
23
Trade Man DubThe Skatalites · Blazing Horns In Dub- Vibes of DubThe Skatalites · Blazing Horns In Dub
- Sweet African DubThe Skatalites · Blazing Horns In Dub
- Sweet Home DubThe Skatalites · Blazing Horns In Dub
- African Princess DubThe Skatalites · Blazing Horns In Dub
- Dub It on the Banking DubThe Skatalites · Blazing Horns In Dub
- Do It Ina Dance Hall DubThe Skatalites · Blazing Horns In Dub
- Get Ready DubThe Skatalites · Blazing Horns In Dub
- Keep on DubbingThe Skatalites · Blazing Horns In Dub
- Story Book DubThe Skatalites · Blazing Horns In Dub
- Blazing Horns DubThe Skatalites · Blazing Horns In Dub
- Noisy DubThe Skatalites · Blazing Horns In Dub
- Rebel Horns DubThe Skatalites · Blazing Horns In Dub
- Musical Horns DubThe Skatalites · Blazing Horns In Dub
- A Spicy DubThe Skatalites · Blazing Horns In Dub
- Raggamuffin DubThe Skatalites · Blazing Horns In Dub
Cloak & DaggerThe Upsetters · Cloak & Dagger / Sharpe Razor / Dub Organiser- Cloak & Dagger (Horns Dub Plate Special)The Upsetters · Cloak & Dagger / Sharpe Razor / Dub Organiser
- A Struggling DubThe Skatalites · Blazing Horns In Dub
- Captivating DubThe Skatalites · Blazing Horns In Dub
Sand In My Shoe (Unreleased Cut)King Tubby · The Walls Of Jerusalem
Collaborators
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About
Tommy McCook (3 March 1927 – 5 May 1998) was a Jamaican saxophonist. A founding member of The Skatalites, he also directed The Supersonics for Duke Reid, and backed many sessions for Bunny Lee or with The Revolutionaries at Channel One Studios in the 1970s. McCook was born in Havana, Cuba, and moved to Jamaica in 1933. He took up the tenor saxophone at the age of eleven, when he was a pupil at the Alpha School, and eventually joined Eric Dean’s Orchestra. In 1954 he left for an engagement in Nassau, Bahamas, after which he ended up in Miami, Florida, and it was here that McCook first heard John Coltrane and fell in love with jazz. McCook returned to Jamaica in early 1962, where he was approached by a few local producers to do some recordings. Eventually he consented to record a jazz session for Clement "Coxson" Dodd, which was issued on the album as "Jazz Jamaica". His first ska recording was an adaptation of Ernest Gold’s "Exodus", recorded in November 1963 with musicians who would soon make up the Skatalites.
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During the 1960s and 1970s McCook recorded with the majority of prominent reggae artists of the era, working particularly with producer Bunny Lee and his house band, The Aggrovators, as well as being featured prominently in the recordings of Yabby You and the Prophets (most notably on version sides and extended disco mixes), all while still performing and recording with the variety of line ups under the Skatalites name. McCook died of pneumonia and heart failure, aged 71, on 5 May 1998.
Tommy McCook in brief
- How many Tommy McCook releases are on Riffiter?
- 72 releases are catalogued, spanning 2001 to 2026.
- When was Tommy McCook formed?
- Tommy McCook formed in 1927.
- What genre is Tommy McCook?
- Tommy McCook is catalogued under Reggae.
- What is the most recent Tommy McCook release on Riffiter?
- Ama Tubby Uptempo Dub, released in 2026.